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7.8 CIRCULATORY SYSTEM - HS

Across
High blood pressure. greater than 140/90
Largest artery in the body
Excrete an enzyme called lysozyme
Three main types of _______ are arteries, veins and capillaries
Participate in body's inflammatory response
Hardening or thickening of walls
Keep blood from flowing backwards
Brings blood from
Symptoms: edema, dyspnea, pallor or cyanosis, distention of neck veins
Provide immunity for the body by developing antibodies
Carry blood away from the heart
Complex protein contained by RBC
Quarts of blood in the adult
Air, blood clot, bacterial clumps or fat globule circulating in blood stream
WBCs that fight infection. There are five types
Malignant cancer of bone marrow or lymph tissue
Down
Red blood cells, produced in the red marrow
Inadequate number of erythrocytes, hemoglobin
Blood vessels that carry blood back to the heart
Important for the clotting process, which stops bleeding
Brings blood from the lower part of the body
Almost exclusively in males but carried by females. Often diagnosed during circumcision
Fatty plaques, frequently cholesterol deposited on the wall of arteries
Connect arteioles with venules
Smallest branches of arteries that joins with capillaries
Inflammation of the vein, frequently in legs
Connect with capillaries
Common sites are cerebral, aortal, and abdominal
Liquid portion of blood